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BISD Earns TEA Recognition

BISD Earns TEA Recognition

Texas Education Agency Updates

 

Commissioner Morath announces school districts earning postsecondary readiness distinction 

AUSTIN – Commissioner of Education Mike Morath announced today that 61 school districts and district charters across the state received a distinction designation for postsecondary readiness as part of their 2018 state accountability rating. The postsecondary readiness distinction is the only distinction designation at the district level under the state accountability system.

Beginning this year, all multi-campus school districts and charters received an accountability rating based on an A–F scale. Those ratings were announced by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on Aug. 15.

Parents are encouraged to visit TXschools.org to view online report cards designed to be useful tools in seeing how a school or school district is doing in different areas. The report cards spotlight specific strengths, in addition to any challenges, that can assure the needs of all students are being met. Parents can search by district or school name and compare that district’s or school’s performance to others in their area.

The postsecondary readiness distinction takes into account factors such as graduation rates, ACT/SAT participation and performance, Career and Technical Education (CTE) graduates, and dual-credit course completion rates. Districts and district charters earning a rating of A, B, C or D were eligible for the postsecondary readiness distinction.

The school districts and charters earning a postsecondary readiness distinction in 2018 include: Barbers Hill ISD; Bells ISD; Birdville ISD; Bishop CISD; Calallen ISD; Callisburg ISD; Carroll ISD; Central ISD; De Leon ISD; Dublin ISD; East Bernard ISD; Edinburg CISD; Flour Bluff ISD; Floydada ISD; George West ISD; Goldthwaite ISD; Happy ISD; Harlingen CISD; Harmony School of Excellence (Houston); Harmony School of Science (Houston); Harmony Science Academy (El Paso); Harmony Science Academy (Houston); Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD; Irion County ISD; Kerrville ISD; Lasara ISD; Los Fresnos CISD; Lovejoy ISD; Lyford CISD; Mabank ISD; Malakoff ISD; Mason ISD; McAllen ISD; Medina Valley ISD; Midway ISD; Mumford ISD; Oakwood ISD; Olney ISD; Paris ISD; Port Aransas ISD; Poth ISD; Rising Star ISD; Roby CISD; Roma ISD; Roscoe Collegiate ISD; San Perlita ISD; Santa Gertrudis ISD; School of Science and Technology Discovery (San Antonio); Sharyland ISD; Shiner ISD; Socorro ISD; South Texas ISD; Sundown ISD; Tatum ISD; United ISD; Universal Academy (Irving); Valley View ISD; Vanguard Academy (Pharr); Wall ISD; Webb CISD; and Woden ISD.

Carroll ISD, Kerrville ISD, Los Fresnos CISD, Sharyland ISD, and South Texas ISD earned the postsecondary distinction for the fifth consecutive year. These school districts have earned the distinction every year it has been part of the state accountability system.

To view the 2018 state accountability ratings for districts, charters and campuses, visit the TEA website at http://tea.texas.gov/accountability/.

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Trustees call for Nov. 6 bond election

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On Aug. 16, Birdville ISD’s Board of Trustees unanimously called for a bond election to be held as part of the general election on Nov. 6. BISD voters are being asked to consider a $252.8 million bond package that was developed with extensive community input by a diverse group of citizens from all parts of the District. The package approved by the Board addresses: safety and security upgrades at every campus; replacing five campuses with four (Haltom Middle School, Richland Middle School, Smithfield Elementary School and Major Cheney Elementary/Richland Elementary [Partner School]); renovations at Smithfield Middle School and Haltom High School; critical repair/renovation needs requiring action in the next three years; and technology upgrades Districtwide. This plan impacts every student, staff member, facility and community served by BISD.

The proposed bond package:

  • Eliminates more than 50 portable classrooms across the District;
  • Provides additional safety and security measures throughout the District;
  • Funds technology upgrades to address instructional needs;
  • Moves from a 5:1 student-to-technology ratio to a 2:1 student-to-technology ratio;
  • Addresses priority repair/renovation needs (requiring action in the next one to three years), roofs and HVAC;
  • Replaces five existing facilities that are more than 60 years old with four new facilities that require less money to operate and maintain. They are: Haltom Middle School, Richland Middle School, Smithfield Elementary School and Major Cheney Elementary/Richland Elementary [Partner School].
  • Will be monitored by a Board-appointed citizen’s bond oversight committee to monitor the scope, timeline and expenditure of bond funds.

Projected Tax Rate Impact: $0

If BISD voters approve this bond package, School property tax rates will not increase as a result of this bond proposal.

Early voting is Oct. 22 – Nov. 2, and Election Day is Nov. 6.

For specific information on the 2018 bond package, visit www.bisdbond18.net.

 

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Online Registration Begins Today, August 1 at 8 a.m.

Online Registration Begins Today, August 1 at 8 a.m.

 

Returning Students
> Returning Student Online Registration (through Skyward)

With online registration, primary family members of returning students can complete and verify required documents and eliminate the frustration of waiting in long registration lines at the school. To access online registration, you must have a Family Access login*.

If you do not know your Family Access login, you may follow one of the options:

  1. From June through August, please visit the BISD Administration Building (located at 6125 E. Belknap St. in Haltom City), Monday – Thursday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.;
  2. On or after August 1, please visit your child’s school.

Returning students must complete online registration before arriving on the first day of school.  Once this is done, parents will not have to come to the school unless notified by the individual schools.

Parents:  Please do not share your login with your child.  High school and middle school students can have their own login.

* Members of the student’s primary family only (as currently identified in the district’s student information system and on the student enrollment form on file at the school).

New Students
> New Student Enrollment Online Application for Account Request 

REGISTRATION PROCESS

  1. Parent must submit a BISD New Student Enrollment Account Request.*
    (For 2018-19, this will be open from August 2, 2018 – May 2019.)
  2. Once a confirmation email has been received, parents must complete the New Student Online Registration.
  3. Once New Student Online Registration is completed, parents must take required documents listed below to their child’s campus to complete the registration process.

* NOTE: To add a new student to an existing BISD Family account, sign into your Student Family Access account and select New Student Online Enrollment.

2018-19 New Student Documentation Verification**

For your convenience, campuses will be open for New Student Document Verification on the following dates:

Document verifications will take place on your child’s new campus on:

Monday, Aug. 6
A–L: 8–11 a.m.
M–Z: 3–7 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 7
M–Z: 8–11 a.m.
A–L: 3–7 p.m.

BISD strongly encourages parents to take advantage of this opportunity to complete the registration process.
(Note: We register families by last name so that parents do not have to take off multiple days of work.)

**PARENTS MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE CAMPUS:

  1. Parent Identification
  2. Student Identification (one of the following): Birth certificate*, passport, adoption records or any other legal document that establishes identity such as Military ID, prior school records, or state ID.
  3. Proof of Residency: Current utility bill (water, gas, electric), lease agreement, cable bill, mortgage documentation, homeowner’s insurance policy, etc.
  4. Current immunization records
  5. Applicable Custody/Court Orders

* For a student who is under 11 years of age and is enrolling in your school for the first time, per the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 63.019, certain additional requirements related to documentation of identity and age apply. Your school must notify the person enrolling the student that the person has up to 30 days from enrollment, or up to 90 days from enrollment for a child not born in the United States, to provide a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate. If the person is unable to produce a certified copy of the birth certificate, the person must produce, within the same time period, other acceptable proof of the child’s identity and age (see list from preceding paragraph) and a signed note explaining why the person was unable to produce a certified copy of the birth certificate.